“For Singapore, its test for its own democracy must be whether it fit and serve the interests of its people and conditions, and not serve some abstract ideal that the Western media thought it ought to conform to. If in 10 years, Philippines, Taiwan and Korea were better societies because they adopted the US model, Singapore would hurry to catch.” PeopleIfsYearsInterestDemocracyConditionsMediaOughtFitModelsIdealsTestsWesternAbstractConformAdoptedKoreaSingaporePhilippinesTaiwanWestern Media Author:Goh Chok Tong
“Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?” PeopleIfsGovernmentChurchDemocracyFitGovernorsCommonwealth Author:John Cotton
“We want [government] down to the size to where it would fit in a bathtub, and then it could worry about what we were up to.” WantGovernmentFatherPoliticsMoneyWorryDemocracyPolicyFitTaxesConstitutionSizeIdeologyFree SpeechBathtubs Author:Grover Norquist
“I got to dislike parties, like Jefferson and Madison. I think they're harmful. But the system is flawed so badly. I like what Plato said, long ago. Democracy is fit only for a small country. Can't survive in a large country.” ThinkingLongSaidCountryPartyDemocracyFitDislikeLong AgoPlatoFlawedMadisonSmall Countries Author:Jack Kevorkian
“The idea of foreign policy realism, I think, fits more neatly with President Trump. And with John McCain, the neoconservative label of let's make the world safe for democracy and we're going to topple every regime hasn't worked.” ThinkingWorldIdeasPresidentDemocracyPolicyTrumpFitSafeLabelsRegimesForeign PolicyRealismMccain Author:Rand Paul